Saturday, May 12, 2012

Sheep and Wool (and Fish) report

I think sporting a fish at the Sheep and Wool Festival is becoming a bit of a thing for me... at least, last weekend makes the third one in a row that I have attended.

Here's the little guy, made with some of the yarn I spun up last summer during Tour de Fleece.

The yarn came out beautifully after its bath, soft and kinda drapey. I paired it with some Madeline Tosh dk in my go-to grey. I had intended to use the yarns together in a different pattern and made several false starts, but in the end I was happy to let the yarn speak to me. It also told me I needed to add a little something to the tail and fins.

Okay, I'll let you in on a little 'secret': lately I am contemplating putting in a different color stripe at the end of everything. It's ridiculous.

Oh, and my fish had the most delightful company this year.

There was other lovely company, but I didn't get pictures of them all.

Well, plus some potential yarn. Check out the lovely fibers by Into The Whirled:

I kinda don't want to tell you about these guys because I want to keep them all to myself, but they are really nice, and their colors all seem really great. I was first introduced to them by Aaron back at the last Rhinebeck trip.

Didn't Aaron do a great job? He used Berroco Ultra Alpaca Fine. The colors, as it turns out, have a special sentimental value for me, so whether he knew it or not, he made a really special gift. Thanks, Aaron!

3 comments:

You and the boy are too cute. I love that woven scarf (lately I have been obsessed with the idea of getting a rigid heddle loom) and I just happen to have some Into to Whirled fiber on my wheel right this very second! What a coincidence.

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A Smidgen of Knitterly Jargon

FO - Finished Object

UFO - Unfinished Object

WIP - Work In Progress

KAL - Knit-a-long; knitters near or far unite over a common project/theme, and more-or-less simultaneously progress through the project. Done well, it can be a very nice way to stay connected over long distances... kinda like watching the same movie while staying on the phone does for long-distance dating. It's a shared process.

frog - I appeal to Theresa Vinson Stenersen's explanation in this article

rip - unraveling your knitting by removing the needle and yanking on the working yarn

tink - undoing your knitting one stitch at a time by reversing the knitting process ("knit" spelled backwards)